Jaala Joye Vaught

Also known as: Jaala Joye Vaught

Charged, Arrested, Acquitted

Public record reviewed to August 23, 2026

Index entry last updated August 23, 2026

Alleged executive.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

Charged in the 2018 Backpage indictment (D. Ariz. CR-18-00422-PHX-DJH) and ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES by the jury on 2023-11-16.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 3 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

Associated takedowns: Backpage.com seizure
Recorded role: Executive
Group segment: Staff
Charging authority: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona
Charging jurisdiction: Not recorded
Case number: CR-18-00422-PHX (BSB)
Latest recorded action: Acquitted, November 2023
Nationality: Not established
Country of residence: United States

Legal history

Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.

These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.

March 28, 2018

Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona.
April 6, 2018

Arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. Initial appearance 2018-04-06 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eileen Willett; released pending trial.
November 16, 2023

Acquitted by United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, AZ, United States. Acquitted by the jury on all charges.

Record note. Dates follow the earliest official announcement of each step. Where proceedings were subject to reporting restrictions, this entry records only what was published.

Court cases

Court cases in which this person is named. Being named in a case is not a finding of guilt. Charges are accusations only.

Case	Court	Docket number	Status
United States v. Lacey et al.	United States District Court for the District of Arizona	CR-18-00422-PHX-DJH	Lacey, Spear and Brunst convicted and sentenced (2024-08-28); Lacey's appeal is pending in the Ninth Circui...